Kelly Chiavaro

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Kelly Chiavaro
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Chiavaro with Botafogo in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-03) 3 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
AS Blainville
Lakeshore SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Colgate Raiders 65 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 AS Blainville 15 (0)
2020 Maccabi Emek Hefer 7 (0)
2021 Napoli 0 (0)
2022 Flamengo 0 (0)
2023 Botafogo 1 (0)
2024 Santos 3 (0)
International career
2022 Italy (beach) 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2022

Kelly Chiavaro (born 3 July 1996) is a footballer and beach soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in Canada, she represented Italy internationally in beach soccer.

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Early life

Chiavaro played youth soccer with AS Blainville and Lakeshore SC. [1]

College career

In 2016, Chiavaro joined Colgate Raiders in the United States. [2] [3] Chiavaro appeared in 65 games during her four-year college career at Colgate University, recording 270 saves and 17 shutouts. In her Junior year in 2018 she was named Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year. [4]

Club career

In 2018 and 2019, she played with AS Blainville in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. [5]

In 2020, Chiavaro signed for Maccabi Emek Hefer WFC of the Ligat Nashim, Israel's first division. [6] [7] In 2021, she joined Italian Club Napoli which competes in the Italian top flight, Serie A. [8] [9] [10]

In 2022, Chiavaro signed for Brasileiro Feminino Série A1 club CR Flamengo. [11] [12] On April 13, 2023 it was announced that Chiavaro signed with Botafogo, competing in Brasileiro Feminino Série A2.

On January 11, 2024, Chiavaro was announced at Santos in the Brazilian top tier. [13] A backup to Karen Hipólito during the most of the year, she left the club on January 23, 2025, after rescinding her contract. Upon leaving, she released a statement in his social media claiming to have witnessed several episodes of verbal abuse and harassments during her period at the club; she also said that the "club was aware of the facts, but no measures were taken". [14]

International career

Chiavaro holds dual nationality, Canadian and Italian. In 2022 while playing for Napoli, she was capped by the Italy women's national beach soccer team. [15] She took part in the European Beach Soccer Cup. The competition took place in Nazaré, Portugal. [3]

Personal life

Chiavaro is in a relationship with Argentine footballer Sole Jaimes. [16] The pair met in Italy where they both played soccer for Napoli. In September 2023, the couple announced they were expecting a baby girl in February 2024. [17]

Honours

Santos

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References

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  3. 1 2 Lévesque, Dave (30 July 2022). "Soccer International: une Québécoise au Brésil" [Soccer International: A Quebecer in Brazil] (in French). Le Journal de Montréal.
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  5. DesGroseilliers, Martin (16 July 2019). "Dans la tête des gardiens" [Inside the minds of the goalkeepers]. Ligue1 Quebec (in French).
  6. Buongiorno, Fulvio (4 February 2021). "Kelly Chiavaro: "Tra USA e Canada c'è un sogno chiamato Italia" (it/eng version)" [Kelly Chiavaro: "Between USA and Canada there is a dream called Italy"] (in Italian). Calcio Femminileita.
  7. "Kelly Chiavaro: "Un'americana in Israele sognando l'Italia e la Serie A"" [Kelly Chiavaro: "An American in Israel Dreaming of Italy and Serie A"] (in Italian). Tutto Calcio Femminile. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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